UNDERGROUND UTILITY & EXCAVATION CONTRACTOR

Definition

  • CU and RU - An "underground utility and excavation contractor" means a contractor whose services are limited to the construction, installation, and repair of:
     
    • main sanitary sewer collection systems;
    • main water distribution systems;
    • storm sewer collection systems;
    • the continuation of utility lines from the main systems to a point of termination up to and including the meter location for the individual occupancy, sewer collection systems at property line on residential or single-occupancy commercial properties, or on multioccupancy properties at manhole or wye lateral extended to an invert elevation as engineered to accommodate future building sewers, water distribution systems, or storm sewer collection systems at storm sewer structures; and
    • install empty underground conduits in rights-of-way, easements, platted rights-of-way in new site development, and sleeves for parking lot crossings no smaller than 2 inches in diameter, provided that each conduit system installed is designed by a licensed professional engineer or an authorized employee of a municipality, county, or public utility and that the installation of any such conduit does not include installation of any conductor wiring or connection to an energized electrical system.
    • An underground utility and excavation contractor shall not install any piping that is an integral part of a fire protection system as defined in s. 633.021 beginning at the point where the piping is used exclusively for such system.
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UNDERGROUND UTILITY CONTRACTOR:

  • 4 year construction-related degree from an accredited college (equivalent to 3 years experience) and 1 year proven experience  applicable to the category for which you are applying, or

  • 4 years proven experience as a workman or foreman of which at least one year must have been as a foreman, or

  • 2 years proven experience as a workman, 1 year proven experience as a foreman, and 1 year of credits for any accredited college level courses, or

  • 1 year proven experience as a workman, 1 year proven experience as a foreman, and 2 years of credits for any accredited college level courses.

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